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Thank you very much, we are so happy to share..And YES GO BOLTS!!!!!Spectacular setup! Looking forward to seeing the progress. GO BOLTS!!!
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Thank you very much, we are so happy to share..And YES GO BOLTS!!!!!Spectacular setup! Looking forward to seeing the progress. GO BOLTS!!!
Thank you! Can't wait to share! Hubby is workin onnt now!That is beautiful. I can’t wait to see more.
Thank you so much !I love it the whole set up looks awesome
Yes so so true... we would rent a movie with our 400 gal..and not see a Bit of it!! Watch the tank ..so relaxing love love live it so much !Absolutely incredible, who needs a tv when that's in your living room. It's nice to see you doing it yourself as well, I've built wooden stands but would not attempt a metal one. Thanks for sharing and welcome to R2R.
It's funny, we used to live in the Tampa area which is why I'm a huge Lightning fan. We went to games all the time. Now I'm in Phoenix so they only play here once a year. We went to that game, and it was the Bolts worst loss of the season 7-1. The Lightning have the best record in the NHL and the Coyotes stink, I thought it would be a cake walk for us... oh well.Thank you very much, we are so happy to share..And YES GO BOLTS!!!!!
We are STM..Absolutely LOVE it!It's funny, we used to live in the Tampa area which is why I'm a huge Lightning fan. We went to games all the time. Now I'm in Phoenix so they only play here once a year. We went to that game, and it was the Bolts worst loss of the season 7-1. The Lightning have the best record in the NHL and the Coyotes stink, I thought it would be a cake walk for us... oh well.
That's really cool. There's only one way to improve upon it though, and that's to make it all Sharks stuff insteadWe are STM..Absolutely LOVE it!
Hey TheWB...Watch ya self, the only SHARKS in this house will be ones in the tank ! Lol!!That's really cool. There's only one way to improve upon it though, and that's to make it all Sharks stuff instead
Love your build, I'm enjoying following along.
Steve, I'm a old time Red Wing fan and the son of a Canadian immigrant who loved the Maple Leafs first and the Wings second. But I've been removed from Detroit for 40 years and have adopted our local ECHL team, the Everblades and the Tampa Bay Lightning!
Thank you Ron for the kind words!
I really tried to think of everything that one would need in advance as on my prior system I didn't do nearly as well. Adding plumbing in at a later date isnt as pretty usually as we all know.
As to the size of the tank i wanted a tank that didnt look small in the room as this is the main living space of the home. The room is 60ft long and 16ft wide the kitchen with bar stools on one side and a large living room on the other and of course my couch seat is closet to tank... go figure! Ha!
As to cost, id say with everything including water station im 35-40k into this project. After wrapping stand and doing the hood, the main bulk of cost will be completed and I can relax on cost worries... lol as we are not rich by no means and have 5 children that come after hockey and fish! (Just kidding) we named the tank Big Blue ... and it comes straight from our other passion which is hockey. We are huge tampa bay lightning fans and i must say missing the last game before the all star break to plumb the tank was tough!
1st post you can see them @cracker
Awesome tank! Dumb question but how does this cost 40K? Like where does the bulk of the cost come from?
The reason I ask is because I want a large aquarium when we buy a house (renting now) and win the lottery . Right now I just have an SC aquarium 50 gallon PNP and got my son a 15 gallon Fluval flex for freshwater fish. I believe I spent around 3K all together and that's without a light that can support corals (FOWLR for now). Also no fancy plumbing, reactors or any of that stuff. Just a basic sump.
I always forget to play the lottery so maybe I'll just have to save up for it :-/. Just wanting a general understanding so I can start planning (or should I say dreaming?) in my head.
If this is too personal, I apologize and understand. I don't know anyone else personally with a fish tank much less a monster like yours!
Looking forward to more updates!